[iamoph]

Tale as old as time..My dumbass husband was cleaning his gun and managed to shoot himself in the finger.

This is my first post so I hope I'm doing it right.

The bullet went through his hand, ricocheted off the computer keyboard, and through the bedroom door.

1st surgery they placed pins. The surgeon removed the oins in the office and sent him on his way. No f/u x-rays surgeon says he's fine.
Went to a second surgeon. Screw and cadaver bone placed. Healed nicely after that. He has about 90% function and the tip of his finger is numb.

[kellyhound]

it's a miracle he made it to the age of 56 yet

[partyguinness]

Lucky boy

[RiversEdge]

Even better outcome, if he's right-handed.

[assclown]

LMAO... Dumbass is right. Who cleans a loaded gun?

[DeadJeff]

Please revoke his Gun License...

[Caf002]

Number 1 step when cleaning a gun is to make sure that it is not loaded!

[allbassfearme]

I don't get it...I clean my weapons all the time but I have NEVER started cleaning a weapon with the weapon loaded (you can not clean a weapon if it is loaded as you can not run cleaning rods through the barrel if it is loaded) or with a magazine attached or closed (again, see the previous parenthetical statement). So that means he was acting foolish and blamed it on cleaning his weapon. Please know, you can not clean, properly clean, a weapon while it is loaded. How is saying you shot yourself being dumb better then saying you were doing something that is impossible to do? You rather look like a liar then a fool?

[1776]

Great set of pictures thanks for sharing it's a good reminder to handle firearms safely. All too often people with years of experience get complacent and don't think anything of having live rounds in/around a gun when it should be cleared and the ammo removed from the immediate area.

Originally Posted by allbassfearme ↗

I don't get it...I clean my weapons all the time but I have NEVER started cleaning a weapon with the weapon loaded (you can not clean a weapon if it is loaded as you can not run cleaning rods through the barrel if it is loaded) or with a magazine attached or closed (again, see the previous parenthetical statement). So that means he was acting foolish and blamed it on cleaning his weapon. Please know, you can not clean, properly clean, a weapon while it is loaded. How is saying you shot yourself being dumb better then saying you were doing something that is impossible to do? You rather look like a liar then a fool?

Why get so technical the gun fired because it was handled improperly he was handling it because he decided to clean it hence it "went off" during cleaning, maybe at the start of cleaning before it was cleared maybe after cleaning when he didn't think and put the live mag back in while playing with the gun it happens. On some guns you have to dry fire to drop the striker and field strip if you neglect to clear the chamber your "dry" firing isn't dry at all and you fire a round.

Glad he still has his finger lucky it was a walther .22 if it were a bigger caliber with more high pressure gas his finger would likely be severed and the entire hand could be damaged from the cutting force of the high pressure gasses.

Not good gun handling obviously pistol should have been cleared and ammo left in other room also muzzle kept in safe direction likely trigger was pulled with hand in front of muzzle...to his credit gun was *almost* pointed in a safe direction and at least wasn't aimed at his vital organs or someone else as we see in all too many negligent/accidental shootings.

[Suicide_Note]

What a dumbass.